Folding case or package



(No Model.)

0. T. HEISEL.

FOLDING CASE OR'PAGKAGE. No. 397,914. Patented Feb. 19, 1889.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES T. HEISEL, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

FOLDING CASE OR PACKAGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 397,914, dated February 19, 1889.

Application filed September 28, 1888. Serial No. 286,697. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES T. HEISEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Folding Case or Package, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a folding package and display-case for chewing-gum or other confections; and it consists of a folding box or case in which there are two halves hinged together and provided with glass lids arranged in such a manner that they shut within the margins of the two halves, so that when the said halves and their contents are shut together the glass lids are protected from breakage by the two halves forming protectingcushions.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the package open. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the same closed. Fig. 3 is a cross-section of the package.

A and B represent two rectangular boxes hinged together, forming two halves of a folding box. Within the edges of said halves are provided glass lids C C, which may be bound on their edges with any suitable material for protection or ornament. These glass lids are hinged to the sides of the said boxes A and B so that they will shut together. A suitable ledge, a, is provided in the ends and sides of the boxes for the lids to shut down on and rest upon. hen these boxes are filled, the lids shut down upon the contents and ledges a, and when the boxes are folded together the glass lids are fully protected from danger of breakage by the two halves and their 0011- tents forming cushions.

These packages are very convenient and safe for packing together in quantities in crates or cases for shipment.

Having described my invention, I claim as follows:

A folding case or package consisting of two halves, A and B, hinged so as to fold together, and provided with glass lids C C, hinged to shut within their margins, which rest on the ledges a, whereby the package and contents form protecting-cushions to the glass lids, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

' CHARLES T. HEISEL.

lVitnesses:

GEO. W. TIBBITTS,

LOUIS H. WINCH. 

